Neighbors of George Zimmerman say he had bandages on his nose and head the day after he shot dead Trayvon Martin, supporting statements by the neighborhood watch volunteer that he was beaten in a confrontation with the black Florida teenager.

The extent of Zimmerman's injuries could be crucial to his legal defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, which allows the use of deadly force when someone has the reasonable belief he could face death or great bodily harm.

Police said Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the racially charged case, was bleeding from the nose and the back of his head and was treated by medics before being taken to Sanford police station after the February 26 shooting.

But public doubts were later raised by the release of a grainy surveillance video from the police station in which no injuries were readily visible.

Seems no one has bothered to question the emergency workers who were first responders to the incident, the ones who took care of Zimmerman. They would be the first people I would have questioned. They should have no axe to grind, unless they too were Holder’s people......

Seems no one has bothered to question the emergency workers who were first responders to the incident, the ones who took care of Zimmerman. They would be the first people I would have questioned. They should have no axe to grind, unless they too were Holder’s people......

I believe that Zimmerman did everything more or less right: any neighborhood watch member who didn't take notice of somebody in a hoodie traversing his area (watch any recent crime video to see what the criminal was wearing to hide his identity) would be derelict in his duties. Then he called the police and kept them informed as he waited for them to arrive. His only fault was not expecting the assault by Martin. If you are tracking someone who may be a bad guy, you should be prepared for the bad guy to turn on you.

The unspoken truth is that gated communities exist to keep the hoodies out, n'est-ce pas?

Yep, again the media is bias and grossly so. See the white northeastern type liberal in the media along with the race hustlers like Sharpton and Holder want all white people to be like that guy beaten down in the Baltimore case that’s made it to youtube. Just remain still on the ground and get hit and have your pants pulled down for extra humiliation by the black thug(s) and do nothing like a big p^ssy.
They can’t stand all the self defense and stand your ground laws and want them abolished.

Was talking to my neighbor last evening. (He has his own gun range) He doesn't have the money to collect gold and silver, but he has a large collection of lead.

There are many states above the Mason Dixon line that would fit your description. If Lugar looses in IN, it will because the NRA support of Mourdock. The gun toting, Bible bearing Hoosiers are involved in this election.

Got an email address? We need to call him on his comment about justice for Trayvon....Justice is suppose to be blind in all cases. Blind to race, Blind to age, Blind to outside threats and presure. He is not taking the oath to defend the constitution seriously.

The extent of Zimmerman's injuries could be crucial to his legal defense under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law, which allows the use of deadly force when someone has the reasonable belief he could face death or great bodily harm.

Again with this nonsense?! This has NOTHING to do with the SYG law - assuming that Zimmerman is being truthful (and independent accounts and physical facts tend to show that he is), this was a case of PURE PERSONAL DEFENSE. He wasn't under a "reasonable belief" that he was going to be attacked, he was ACTUALLY UNDER ATTACK. Why can't anyone get that straight? This would be a SYG case only if Zimmerman shot Martin BEFORE being attacked, based on a claim that he thought that he would be attacked and suffer death or serious bodily injury.

Self defense, folks, self defense. That guy was about to have the back of his head caved in. That's a valid defense in ANY state of the union, because he had no ability to retreat (which makes SYG laws irrelevant).

Oh, and YES, this is a purely political prosecution. There's a reason that the police didn't arrest him before the circus started, and that's because the evidence and testimony that the police gathered showed that Zimmerman was defending himself. Zimmerman should sue Florida for malicious prosecution once he is acquitted.

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posted on 04/17/2012 7:06:20 AM PDT
by Ancesthntr
(Bibi to Odumbo: Its not going to happen.)

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